Gender Poll

[Celine]

Ok ..Out of curiosity, I would like to know the ratio.

To those who think this is sexist etc ....

Gender for me is about balance.

I did not feel like looking at each member profile to figure out an average so.. i am asking here.

thank you

[jjl]

I think the polls are fun. Did one yesterday

[witchy1]

How long have we got to decide dear Celine - JK, at least thats something I'm relatively sure about

[Celine]

Well it is not a hard question...

though I though if adding a third option "other"...but for clarity, I decided to stick with two

[bluestflame]

what we seek is already with us , IS us

[Icecold]

I'm easily amused. LOL

Humor already that's a good sign.

[Midnight Rambler]

The result of the poll will only give an idea of the ratio of the people who pressed the vote button. Therefore the result will be: how many boys and girls pressed the button.

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics
Winston Churchill

[jorr lundstrom]

I know naaaaaaaaaaaating, Im from Barcelona.

[Celine]

Yes I understand the flaws in this research..but it is just to give us a general idea.

[Reirrac]

To me, this poll is asking what gender my body is. As an energetic being, I question as to whether I have a gender.

[bodixa]

Try this - this will give you an accurate set of results - whether people join in or not!! (if web master agrees to install)

Demographics

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=189175

[Celine]

Thx ..ill ask rich to look at it.

Great idea

[Peacelovinman]

I thought you were a married woman, Celine, you're not on the look out, are you? (sorry, bad joke!)

[Celine]

LOL!!

Funny....

Married?

Hmm i dont know...what do you think Richard? (not sure hes watching lol)

[000]

Posted by Reirrac (here)
To me, this poll is asking what gender my body is. As an energetic being, I question as to whether I have a gender.

Totally!

I was born with what science would consider a male body and male genes, however, I felt for a while I was transgender and I badly wanted to have a female body until I realized it didn't matter at all what kind of vehicle I was driving. As long as it was healthy and able to take me where I needed to go and do what I needed to do, that is all that matters to me.

I voted female btw, because that is the gender I identify with even though it technically is not what my true being or my body is. I've been taken for female before, when I'm clean shaven, even though I am flat chested and rail thin. I've never acted male or done male things, but I ain't 'girly' either. Though my being is nothing, my body still feels the 'urge' to be female, even though I shall not change it as there is no need.

[Not to turn this into a gender studies thread of course. This is just where I am at.]

[Celine]

Thank You 000

for being honest...I bet you are not the only one that voted that way

[Smith]

[QUOTE=000;141265]

Posted by Reirrac (here)
To me, this poll is asking what gender my body is. As an energetic being, I question as to whether I have a gender.

Totally!

I was born with what science would consider a male body and male genes, however, I felt for a while I was transgender and I badly wanted to have a female body until I realized it didn't matter at all what kind of vehicle I was driving. As long as it was healthy and able to take me where I needed to go and do what I needed to do, that is all that matters to me.





I can sort of Identify 000. In my high school and college years I didn't particularly feel like either. Here is a short story.
In my high school on the last week before summer break, my school had what was called Humanities Day, which consisted of different class exhibits. My group exhibit was on blood typing if you can imagine that. (1973) Wouldn't happen today.

Well towards lunch I was making for the door of the auditorium as I had an appointment with a couple friends and a splif, (I know "bad girl"), when a history teacher called to me and asked me to volunteer as one of his subjects. His exhibition was this machine that was a Rube Goldberg type set up that was used during WW2 to detect land mines. I don't know the specifics, but I had to hold these two bent coat hangers. If the hangers went one way they detected a mine. He also pointed out that the readings were different when a male held them than when a female held them. Anyways, when I held them the meter stayed in the middle. Well what are you Smitty a Boy or a Girl ! The students roared with laughter.
Now for some reason I wasn't hurt or embarrassed at all. Everything around me got quiet and I experienced a moment of elation that I didn't quite understand. "This means something "is all I could think of at the time.

About a half an hour later I was in the cafeteria munching out with my toking buddies, and another one of my friends comes rushing up to me. (She was the daughter of the Teacher who had just run his test on me). "I'm so sorry" she says, I hate my %$### father he's nothing but a nasty vicious drunk and he should never have done that to you, please tell me we're still friends!" I told her that I thought the whole thing was kinda cool. She didn't get it and neither did I, but looking back on it I still think my reaction to the whole thing was spot on, but I couldn't say why.

Well I'm a mom now, so I guess that makes me a girl. My significant other, the absolute love of my life is a big 250 lb. super metro sexual man. He is the one who cries at the end of "The Joy Luck Club". We're a match made in...... somewhere?

[Celine]

Wow these results surprise me..
i thought it would be 2/3 men..

[Dennis Leahy]

Posted by Céline (here)
Wow these results surprise me..
i thought it would be 2/3 men..

Me too. It's possible there is a gender bias going on here, in this poll, for some reason. As in, a higher percentage of men are too afraid or too disinterested, or too something (or not enough of something) to grab a mouse and click it.

Also, I would bet there are a higher percentage of transgendered people at Avalon than statistical averages would get, but I would think that they would see an anonymous poll as an opportunity to select the gender they most identify with. Truth be told, I think gender, beyond what shows up when you lift your kilt, is actually scalar and not polar - we're all somewhere between the extremes. :~)

Dennis

[heretogrow]

Female (body) who loves children and running power tools! LOL